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India's Omicron tally at 4,868 with Bengal logging 267 cases in 24 hrs

The national tally of Omicron variant has mounted to 4868, Union Ministry of Health and Family Affairs said on Wednesday morning.

Data story: India logs 194,720 cases, Kerala's death toll crosses 50,000

India has so far administered 1,538,008,200 vaccine doses. That is 4263.89 per cent of its total caseload, and 109.94 per cent of its population

Hospitalisation rate stabilised, current wave may have peaked: Delhi min

Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain on Wednesday said the number of hospital admissions in the national capital due to COVID-19 has stabilised over the last five days

Record 1,550 fresh Covid cases in Himachal Pradesh, active ones 5,476

Himachal Pradesh recorded 1,550 fresh COVID-19 cases, raising the tally of active cases to 5,476 from 4,186 and total number of infections till date to 2,34,835, a Health Department official said.

Unified Health Interface to go live this week, says R S Sharma

National Health Authority CEO R S Sharma said he expects UHI to become as successful as UPI is for payments

Don't use Molnupiravir for treating Covid in younger population: NK Arora

Some doctors have even stopped prescribing Molnupiravir, which was rolled out on January 3 to treat COVID-19 patients

Covid-19: Mandaviya meets doctors across the states through virtual talk

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya interacted with specialist doctors from across the country to discuss the COVID-19 situation virtually on Tuesday and listened to their suggestions.

Molnupiravir not to be included in Covid clinical mgmt protocol as of now

The ICMR's National Task Force for COVID-19 has decided against including antiviral drug Molnupiravir in the Clinical Management Protocol for COVID-19 as of now, official sources said on Tuesday. The experts of the task force cited safety concerns and argued that Molnupiravir was not of much benefit in Covid treatment to arrive at the decision in a meeting held on Monday. According to the Health Ministry, Molnupiravir is an antiviral drug that inhibits SARS-CoV-2 replication by viral mutagenesis. This anti-Covid pill got the Drug Regulator General of India's approval on December 28 for restricted use in emergencies. "Members of the National Task Force for COVID-19 were not in favour of including the drug in the national treatment guidelines citing that it does not have much benefit in the treatment of coronavirus infection and that there were safety concerns," an official source told PTI. Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) chief Dr Balram Bhargava had last week said that ...

Bihar records 27 Omicron infections, national tally climbs to 4,461

With 428 fresh Omicron infections detected in the last 24 hours, the national tally of this highly transmissible variant has climbed to 4,461.

Over 1.56 bn Covid-19 vaccine doses provided to states, UTs so far

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Tuesday stated that more than 156.71 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses have been supplied to States and Union Territories so far

Data story: India logs 168,063 cases, adds over a million in last 10 days

India has so far administered 1,528,970,294 vaccine doses. That is 4261.84 per cent of its total caseload, and 109.3 per cent of its population

5-10% of active Covid-19 cases currently require hospitalisation: Govt

Situation dynamic, could change rapidly: Health secretary warns

Data story: Positivity rate at 13.3%; Bengal reports massive spike in cases

India has so far administered 1,519,405,951 vaccine doses. That is 4255.11 per cent of its total caseload, and 108.61 per cent of its population

Covid-19: Mandaviya to interact with health ministers of 5 states, UT

The Union minister will virtually interact with health ministers

Data story: India logs 638,872 cases in 7 days; positivity rate at 10.2%

India has so far administered 1,515,760,645 vaccine doses. That is 4266.38 per cent of its total caseload, and 108.35 per cent of its population

Goa reports 1,789 coronavirus cases; positivity rate up to 23.25%

Goa reported 1,789 Covid-19 cases, with a positivity rate of 23.25 per cent, as the count was detected from 7,693 tests, an official said

Pune logs 4,348 coronavirus cases; district's positivity rate now 15%

Pune on Saturday recorded 4,348 Covid-19 cases, taking the district's tally to 11,83,676, an official said

No complete lockdown in Kerala as of now, says Health Minister

The Minister said a complete lockdown will affect normal life in the state and urged the people to remain cautious

Data story: India logs 100,806 net active cases; positivity rate at 9.7%

India has so far administered 1,506,192,903 vaccine doses. That is 4258.58 per cent of its total caseload, and 107.67 per cent of its population

Full onus on states to ensure optimal utilisation of ECRP-II funds: Centre

The Centre on Friday asked states and UTs to ensure full and optimal utilisation of ECRP-II funds through daily reviews and to upload the expenditure on the dedicated NHM PMS portal